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| 1922 Check for Five Hundred Dollars. |
A few days ago, I mentioned old checks as being a nice type of collectible. Here is one example that I have. It is dated 1922 and has some nice graphics. It also shows nice handwriting, which is now seldom seen.
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Scott R. pointed out that my pictures were not showing the true colors and said I might have my camera in sepia. I checked and he was right. I fixed that.. Thanks much to Scott.
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Warren D, had some thoughts on the Acadians and Oak Island.
An interesting story about the Expulsion of the Acadians gave me the idea that perhaps the Oak Island Money Pit was a booby trap built by the Acadians over time when they knew they would be ultimately occupied by the British. Starting a rumor about a buried treasure would entice the British officer corps to be front and center at 100 feet deep when the tunnel would be flooded.Here is a little about the expulsion of the Acadians.
The Expulsion of the Acadians occurred when Great Britain attempted an ethnic cleansing of French-speaking catholic inhabitants of an area of the eastern seaboard historically known as Acadia between 1755 and 1764. Acadia included the modern Canadian Maritime provenances of Nova Scotia, New Brunsweck, and Prince Edward Island along with part of the US state of Maine. The expulsion occurred during the French and Indian War the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War.
Of an estimated 14,100 Acadians, approximately 11,500 were deported, of whom 5,000 died of disease, starvation or shipwrecks. Their land was given to settlers loyal to Britain, mostly immigrants from New England and Scotland. The event is largely regarded as crime against humanity, though the modern-day use of the term "genocide" is debated by scholars. According to a 1764 census, 2,600 Acadians remained in Nova Scotia at that time, having eluded capture...
The general point I would make about interpreting finds is that you should begin with a knowledge and consideration of local history. Other more dramatic stories can also be considered, but not before or to the exclusion of local events and history.
They always talk as if the area of Oak Island was extremely remote and devoid of activity in past centuries and every old find must have come from distant lands, but the Mi'kmaq were there long ago, and the Acadians and others were in the area centuries ago as well I don't know that the construction of ramps, tunnels etc. would have gone unnoticed by the natives or other settlers.
Just heard that the Pennwood Motor Lodge in Wabasso was sold and a new location for the Treasure Hunter's annual picnic in April will have to be found.
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Burger Kings are among the many cash-heavy businesses around the US grappling with the phaseout of the penny — with one group of the fast-food joints reportedly hoarding the coins by the box since President Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting them earlier this year.
Businessman Gary Andrzejewski told The Wall Street Journal that the Burger Kings he operates in Baltimore have stockpiled 30 boxes of pennies so far. the many cash-heavy businesses around the US grappling with the phaseout of the penny — with one group of the fast-food joints reportedly hoarding the coins by the box since President Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting them earlier this year...
Here is that link.
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Should you collect 2025 pennies?
It’s too early to be certain, but it appears 2025 may be a low-mintage year for the shield reverse Lincoln cent. No Lincoln cents were struck in August or September. This follows an anemic mintage of 400,000 cents minted in July, representing a mere 0.1% of circulation strike coinage produced that month.
Normally, the cent has accounted for more than half of monthly production at the U.S. Mint despite its negative seigniorage contribution. The president has made no secret of his displeasure with the mint losing money on this coin; however, Congress, rather than the president, has the constitutional power to “coin money” and “regulate the value” of that money. Of course, Congress can simply find a way not to approve of any 1-cent coin productions for 2026 and then extend that indefinitely...
Here is the link for more about that.
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| Source: Surfguru.com. |
Nothing very exciting with the surf chart. The very small surf on Sunday and Monday is the most interesting thing. Might not be a bad time to get low on the beach or into the water, where that is allowed.
The morning high tide will be up around 3.9 feet. That is unusually big. Goes along with the supermoon.
With the supermoon and the Cape Kennedy space shots, there was a lot to see in the sky last night.
Good hunting,
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